LinkedIn.com is the best network of professionals

Oct 27
07:42

2011

Jassoon Spencer

Jassoon Spencer

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LinkedIn.com has many professional features. Employers, employees, job-seekers and businesses can extend their professional circles on this professional network. LinkedIn.com has jobs sections, careers section which is great for individuals and businesses.

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At LinkedIn,LinkedIn.com is the best network of professionals Articles the idea is simple. Get in touch with professionals, let your business grow. This is a network of professionals by the professionals. Whether you are a job seeker, employee or, business owner, LinkedIn.com can help you in many ways.

LinkedIn for an employee

A current employee of an organization can be benefited from LinkedIn.com in different ways. He can stay in touch with the present colleagues of his company. Also, the search option on LinkedIn.com is really nice. Anybody can search by professional name or company name. This is a great way to connect with your ex-colleagues and keep them in your professional network. And, you can check the professional company information by searching on LinkedIn by the company name. You can also search jobs, updates, answers, inbox, groups etc. from the search section.

LinkedIn for a job seeker

The social networking site is a great place to find your first job. The job seeker can visit the job section of LinkedIn . You can search the job or pick up a company from the list of all jobs. Also, from your professional network you can find senior personnels of reputed companies and directly approach them for job. For example, if you are an IT professional, you can try to find any senior executive of Codeclouds IT Solutions Private Limited or CISPL and get to know if there is any vacancy for you.

Both employees and job seekers can get endorsed by other professionals to enhance their professional profile. Also, professionals can add content to their education, resume and current position, website, experience, summary sections.

LinkedIn for a company

A company can massively gain by having a LinkedIn profile. Here are the benefits that a company can enjoy from a LinkedIn profile:

  •         Creating a LinkedIn page and talk about its products and services
  •         Adding professional video on the LinkedIn profile
  •         Highlighting company services with separate thumbnail images and paragraphs
  •         Creating a LinkedIn group consisting of all its past and present employees
  •         Posting group discussion topics to engage the members in the group to share their opinions
  •         Creating job posts on LinkedIn.com and get good responses from true professionals

All the services on LinkedIn.com may not be free for companies. But you must agree to the point that professional services come at a cost. And LinkedIn keeps your budget low by providing you so many services at a low cost. If an individual likes any of the company services, he has the option to ‘recommend’ those to others. By going to the company page, anybody can see professionals in the company’s network and others. Also, you can see the list of company followers.

More or less, all companies try to utilize the LinkedIn page to promote their businesses. Microsoft shows an Office 2010 banner and Microsoft Dynamic CRM Online banner on their Product and Service Spotlight.  GE on its LinkedIn Careers page explains beautiful terms like ‘Ecomagination’, ‘Healthymagination’ and its banner is hyperlinked straight to its own website’s Careers page. Google showcases its role as an unconventional, innovative employer to ‘Googlers’ under its Careers tab. American Express showcases a nice banner in front of you in its LinkedIn Careers tab with the tag line: ‘So, what will you do for a living?’. Clicking on that banner can take to the page where American Express promotes its extraordinary people who deserve a special attention in company’s 160 years of business. And Products tab of General Motors suggests how innovative and successful a company can become with its automobile brands.

With LinkedIn.com’s company profile or personal profile, you can maximize the chance to promote yourself or your brands and put strong professional message in front of your visitors. If you are new to LinkedIn.com, you can just view the profile of CISPL or check the profiles of its employees for inspiration.